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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cookies can be the last straw for GS for many parents/girls. [/quote]

I think that may be the parents' opinion, but the girls seems to love cookie sales.  They LOVE taking other people's money and it really helps them learn to speak up to people they don't know (assertiveness -- "would you like to buy some cookies?").  I usually hate fundraisers but I've come to see the personal value of cookie sales in stepping out of shyness and learning to budget.  (i.e. I tell the girls -- if you sell 7 boxes each we can go to dairy queen for an ice cream cone.  (sad faces b/c they have plans to have a spa party and go camping and go horseback riding or whatever).  Then I tell them if you want to do __________, you EACH have to sell ___  boxes and I make a chart showing how much each of their desires costs in boxes of cookies sold.  That makes it more real for them that doing things COSTS money/effort (and we aren't just running to mom/dad to pay the bill).

Of course showing up at a booth requires the parents to put it in their schedules and delivering cookies to co-workers requires some effort as well.  It seems that a lot of the "problem" is the parents not wanting to put forth effort for their daughters' involvement (i.e. the leaders are requiring too much, hate cookie sales, they don't go camping, etc.).  If the parents aren't supporting the program with their own effort/time, then it's going to be crafts and snacks with no trips/adventures.[/quote]

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